Here are just a few of our favourite prints from the SS15 shows. For something completely original we loved Acne’s 70s inspired collages in collaboration with artist Raquel Dias, perfectly teamed with Burt Reynolds-esque yellow aviators. Other notable mentions include Erdem’s gothic florals, Dries van Noten’s lush modern baroque, Kenzo’s pink splash, Viktor & Rolf’s… Read more »
I guess there is someone out there who loves minerals more than we do. And does a better job at taking photos of them! Thomas Shearer has a vast collection of macro photographs of polished agate. Ripples of pure colour, crystallised sparkle clouds and deep ravines into the unknown. More here: flickr.com/photos/tshearer/
Matias Santa María is a Chilean artist who paints mind bending fantasy lands featuring rainbow raves, tigers, police chases and other worldly lands. There seems no limit to his imagination. Each feels like a scene of a much bigger story stoking an inner sense of curiosity. Colourful, with a sense of humour, magical and imaginative,… Read more »
Dion Lee‘s SS15 collection showed at New York Fashion Week earlier this month. Despite the international stage, Dion draws inspiration from his homeland. Referencing expatriate Australian painter Jeffery Smart’s “industrial roadside landscapes”, Dion wanted to capture the artist’s use of dark undertones, without compromising on colour. His print range worked with bright primaries in bold… Read more »
Today we went on an adventure to The Natural History Museum in London. On the top level in the very corner we discovered The Mineral Wing, a treasure trove of rows and rows of wooden cabinets of mineral, gems and semi-precious stones. Opals from Australia, Azurite from Arizona, Agate from Germany, Malachite from Russia… Read more »
Former New York architect, now photographer James Chororos went to Peru on his honeymoon, brought a lot of cameras in tow: This is his journey. Hiking in the mountains, recouperating in the cities and town James caputured to landscapes and people of Lima, Cusco, Aquas Calientes and Maras. James left architecture behind in 2012 to… Read more »
Tomory Dodge is an American artisit based in LA. His paintings have a frenetic energy powered with bright colour streaked in bold determined brush strokes. Of his work Dodge explains: “I like the formal tension that comes from the inclusion of different approaches to painting on one surface. But I think a lot of that tension comes… Read more »